Author: Shannon Shark @metspolice

Sure is quiet in Metsland today.

Here’s my weekly column from Flushing University , where I write every Monday.

(from yesterday)

The longest and most boring Spring Training in memory has ended, and I have the honor of the Opening Day column.

We’ve moved into our new home at Citi Field, and despite some obstructed views in the Promenade (watch out if you’re in the first three rows) the stadium seems universally loved, and by universally loved even Yankees fans are admitting it’s better than the lemon in the Bronx.

The Mets open to an easy schedule, what with the Reds and the Marlins (as Steve Somers might say) before coming home to feast on those jerks the Padres who are making us play a night opener. I hope the Padres lose 121 games in front of 700,000 fans for ruining our opener. (Some union nonsense about not being able to play a day game after a cross-country flight. Waaaah).

So here’s what we have…

A first baseman playing for a contract in a ballpark that’s going to see about seven home runs all season. I can hear Howie Rose now, “Delgado crushes it to deep right center, and it’s caught in front of the 415 sign!”
A second baseman we all hate. Not much at catcher.

Wright, Beltran and Reyes..all they need to be is Wright, Beltran and Reyes and all will be right with the world.

Hopefully Pelfrey and Murphy are what we all think they are (and wouldn’t two more home-growns be a great thing for this franchise.)

The bullpen can’t possibly blow thirty games again, and K-Rod was as electric as one can be in an exhibition game on Friday night.

Santana is the ace…is Ollie out of shape? Why the heck did you idiots boo him on Saturday? Is John Maine hurt or just a mental case?

Livan looks like one of the great Omar Minaya frugal pickups….but this Sheffield pickup scares me. I worry about chemistry. This is a guy who even Joe Torre couldn’t handle. If Jerry threatened to stab Jose Reyes, will he choke Sheffield with his bare hands? A car explosion in the players parking lot?

I think we’re going to have a great season. It’s fun after all these years to have Red Sox-lite in the Phillies.

I’m predicting the Mets to go all the way….to Game 7 and a loss at home to the Yankees. I think they are both the best in their leagues, but the Yankees starting pitching is more solid than the Mets, and I fear that Flaky Ollie will show up for Game 7. Regardless it will be fun. I hope you’re not sitting in an obstructed view when it happens.

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Good stuff in the Daily News

“Fans can find comfort knowing they will have a permanent reminder of the Shea they remember,” said Marisa Berman, executive director of the Queens Historical Society.

OK that sounds cool…tell me more…

Markers for home plate, the pitching rubber and second base will appear in traffic lanes, while first and third will be denoted in specific parking spots.

Um OK, “appear in traffic lanes” worries me….so there will some paint that everyone drives over?

I like this guy, Jason Antos (hey Jason if you’re Google News tracker catches this, contact us).

But Jason Antos, the author of “Shea Stadium: Images of Baseball,” sides with fans who want a few more plaques in the lot.

He envisions outfield markers honoring the 1969 Miracle Mets on the sites where Tommie Agee and Ron Swoboda made run-saving catches, and where Cleon Jones caught the final out to clinch the club’s first championship.

Antos is also pulling to mark the spot where a Mookie Wilson ground ball infamously trickled under Boston first baseman Bill Buckner’s glove, handing the Mets an unlikely win in Game Six of the 1986 World Series.

That sounds like a great idea!   The Mets honor the Brooklyn Dodgers and their stadium, why not honor their own history?  Right Mets?

But a Mets spokesman said the club doesn’t plan to mark additional spots.

Oh.

Exactly.

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Wow.  The Giants won the Super Bowl in 2008.  I put my 4 year old son on the waiting list.

Today, after a long wait of 14 months he has made it to the top of the list.  This is your big chance son.

Dear Prospective Giants Season Ticket Holder:



As a valued member of the New York Giants Season Ticket wait-list, you are now eligible to purchase Personal Seat Licenses (PSLs) for the new stadium and become a New York Giants Season Ticket Holder beginning in 2010.


The demand to become a seat owner in the new stadium from current season ticket holders and wait-list members ahead of you has been tremendous. As a result, a limited number of PSLs remain available in just three zones; the Coach’s Club, Mezzanine Club A and Mezzanine Club B. The pricing, purchasing timetable, benefits and amenities associated with these zones are fully described on our web-site www.NYG2010.com. In order to access the information on our website, please select the button on the website which indicates you are on the wait-list.


We believe the club seat experience at the new stadium will be among the best in all of sports. The Coach’s Club will be an all inclusive food and beverage experience while all of our clubs’ seating sections offer wider and more comfortable seats. Great food and beverage selections, spectacular views, premium parking, and many other amenities make this an opportunity of a lifetime.


Hmmm.  Seems intriguing.   The Daily news tells me…

The Coach’s Club (which correspond to Sections 110-112 of the current Giants Stadium) carries a PSL price of $20,000 and a game ticket price of $700. Mezzanine Club A (201-213, 229-233 … or second level on the sideline between the goal lines) carries a PSL price of $12,500 and a game ticket price of $500. Mezzanine Club B (206-208, 214-216,226-228, 234-236 … or second level from the goal lines to the corners) carries a PSL price of $7,500 and a game ticket price of $400.

Since he is 4 I will have to take him.   So that’s $40,000 in PSL’s plus another $14,000 in tickets.

I wonder if my boy has an extra $54,000?

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